Isaac Pastor-Chermak is a graduate student in cello performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he is the recipient of the Margaret Rowell Cello Scholarship. He has studied at the University of Idaho and the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his undergraduate degree with honors. He performs and conducts a repertoire spanning 500 years on instruments ranging from baroque cello and viola da gamba to the most experimental electronic instruments. In addition to a vigorous performing schedule of solo, chamber music, and orchestral engagements at home in Northern California and abroad, Isaac holds teaching positions at the San Francisco Conservatory and in the Berkeley (CA) Unified School District. Photo: Jim Huggins/Image Studios